Columns

Annapolis is trying to build a new sculpture that symbolizes unity. Turns out, everybody’s an art critic.

Baltimore Banner columnists Leslie Streeter and Rick Hutzell watched eight “A Christmas Carol” contenders and offered their thoughts on the annual holiday film debate.

I don’t put Christmas decorations up this year. Nor do I dread the day itself. I just want it to slip by, a whisper of whatever it will be — horrible or even happy.

The MVP debate between the Ravens and 49ers quarterbacks has many quaint facets, but Jackson's ability to be an offense unto himself should give him a leg up.

In winter, which arrived with the solstice at 10:37 p.m. Thursday, it can be harder to spot the signs of climate change because, well, it’s cold. But they are there if you know where to look.

For years, the stadium lease and MASN dispute were at least plausible motivations behind the team keeping its payroll at the bottom of the league. Now, we’re about to find out just how relevant those factors really were.

Columnist Kyle Goon: The LSU hooper has inspired girls who want to follow her footsteps, and given them permission to be their competitive selves.

Maryland is on the path to gain control of almost 300 acres on the Chesapeake Bay just outside Annapolis, a potentially huge victory for increasing public access to the Chesapeake Bay.

Across Anne Arundel County schools, there appears to be a rise in violent and dangerous incidents. School officials say part of it is the continuing aftereffect of shutting down in-person schools during COVID. But in Annapolis, they say it is something more.

The real negotiations are just warming up. The critical piece John Angelos has fought for — the right to develop adjacent public lots and potentially mint money — will play out over the next four years.

John Waters is selling out shows in Baltimore, getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and starring in a new series. He's not slowing down.

Lamar Jackson's physical, escape-artist style makes a fan base frayed by injury concerns nervous, but letting him do it his way is the only path to the transcendent play that could lead Baltimore to the Super Bowl.

It’s hard to see what the right return is with all the potential trades flying around.

A former teacher remembers what it was like being in the classroom a week after 26 people were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut on Dec. 14, 2012.

Andre Braugher played Det. Pembleton, a brilliant, bristling investigator on the Baltimore-based "Homicide: Life on the Street," but the soulful, funny man behind him transcended every role.

The Baltimore Ravens will get started next year on spending hundreds of millions of state funds on renovations to M&T Bank Stadium. The Orioles remain years away.

The Orioles of a previous vintage used deferrals to keep the mid-2010s competitive window open. Chris Davis’ contract is, obviously, is the most extreme example.

The NBA wants to make the IST a big thing for political and existential reasons. That shouldn’t take away from creating a new tournament worth winning and celebrating.

Anne Arundel is in the final stages of picking a new name for its new high school, expected to open next year off Interstate 97 in Severn. Although names connected with the long history of family farming got more nominations than any other choice, a committee sorting through the choices didn’t advance them for consideration.

Was that a block in the back by Charlie Kolar? And how real should the concerns be about Marlon Humphrey’s rust?